Disney
Media · Media conglomerate
- HQ
- Burbank, US
- Founded
- 1923
- Size
- 220,000+
- Website
- disney.com
Currently tracking 36 active AI roles, down 10% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $112k–$409k (avg $197k).
Media · Media conglomerate
Disney currently has 51 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles, 49%, are focused on agents, with data roles comprising 20% of the total. Engineering is the most frequent function for these positions. The company is actively hiring for roles that frequently mention technologies such as model serving, agent orchestration, and fine-tuning. Over the last 30 days, Disney has added 40 new AI roles, representing an 82% increase compared to the previous 30-day period.
Disney currently has 45 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Sr Software Engineer (3), Disney Research Studio Intern (2), Lead Machine Learning Engineer (2), Principal Software Engineer (2), Director, Decision Science AI/ML Engineering & Ops. Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
Disney's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (49%), data (20%), application (18%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Disney is hiring AI talent in: United States (41 roles), Switzerland (2 roles), China (1 role), Argentina (1 role).
Job postings at Disney most frequently reference: model serving, agent orchestration, llm observability, rag, evals.
In the past 30 days, Disney has posted 38 new AI-related roles.
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Sr Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer role focused on building and innovating a world-class content platform for Disney Entertainment and ESPN, supporting content delivery for major brands. Responsibilities include designing, building, testing, and deploying scalable software solutions, providing technical guidance, and mentoring junior engineers within a media supply chain context. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer - DevOps Mobile Software Engineer - DevOps Mobile role focused on developing and supporting automation tools and processes for client applications across various Disney streaming services. Responsibilities include building and maintaining complex build systems, CI/CD pipelines, on-device deployment and testing, and troubleshooting build environment issues. Requires experience with DevOps, build engineering, Jenkins, and Docker, with a preference for familiarity with various programming languages and cloud platforms. | — | 0 |
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| Part-Time Statistics Analyst I (Expression of Interest) This is a part-time, entry-level role focused on ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of sports data for ESPN platforms. The role involves working with sports statistics, verifying data, and contributing to production processes in a technology-driven environment. It requires full availability for nights, weekends, and holidays. | — | 0 |
| Pilot Captain Pilot Captain for Disney Aviation Group responsible for safe and effective operation of corporate aircraft worldwide, including flight planning, risk evaluation, and compliance with regulations and policies. | — | 0 |
| Art Director, ABC News Art Director for ABC News responsible for conceiving, designing, and executing motion graphics for on-air and streaming platforms, as well as show-related marketing content. Leads a team of artists, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and delivering high-quality creative content under tight deadlines. Requires strong design skills, leadership, and proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and 3D software. | — | 0 |
| Software Developer in Test II Software Development in Test Engineer responsible for building and enhancing test automation frameworks, quality processes, and driving quality initiatives across Ads, Data, and eCommerce domains. Focuses on UI, API, and Integration testing, CI/CD integration, and ensuring the integrity and performance of large-scale pipelines and systems. | — | 0 |
| Director I Director I responsible for planning and directing live and taped studio, remote, and REMI productions in conventional and automated control rooms. This role involves pre- and post-production meetings, contributing ideas, managing personnel and facilities, supporting content philosophy, and disseminating show information. The Director I will coach, develop, and mentor Associate Directors and Stage Managers, providing comprehensive written feedback. Initially supports Spanish-language content. | — | 0 |
| Technical Director I, Studio Ops This role is for a Technical Director I in Studio Operations at Disney (ESPN). The primary responsibilities involve operating broadcast equipment, preparing and switching video elements during live and pre-recorded productions in a control room environment, and ensuring content quality. The role requires proficiency in broadcast equipment, signal flow, and quality control, with a minimum of 2 years of experience in content production. It is not directly related to AI/ML development. | — | 0 |
| Lead Product Designer (Streaming) Lead Product Designer for Disney+ to shape the future of streaming entertainment across platforms including Living Room devices, Web, and Mobile. This role will influence strategy and execution, setting a vision for user experiences that enhance discovery, personalization, playback, and engagement, while partnering closely with Product and Engineering to deliver solutions at scale and mentoring other designers. | — | 0 |
| Art Director- Marvel Games Art Director for Marvel Games, responsible for overseeing the visual development of multiple game titles, collaborating with external teams, and ensuring brand authenticity and creative excellence. Requires expertise in art and design principles, game development pipelines, and a passion for Marvel IP. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer to drive the design and implementation of a next-generation temporal and descriptive metadata tagging platform for Disney's media business. Responsibilities include developing backend solutions, ensuring scalability and robustness, and collaborating with cross-functional teams within the digital media supply chain. | — | 0 |
| Senior Media Systems Engineer This role focuses on the engineering and technical leadership for Disney's media systems, encompassing content acquisition, production, encoding, decoding, and distribution across linear, digital, and streaming platforms. It involves modernizing legacy systems with new technologies like SMPTE ST 2110, 4K, UHD HDR, and leading the design and build of impactful projects, including infrastructure upgrades and equipment installation. The role requires a strong understanding of broadcast engineering principles, IP video/audio systems, and file-based workflows, with a focus on ensuring quality, efficiency, and resiliency in media delivery. | — | 0 |
| Senior Manager, Media Systems Engineering Senior Manager, Media Systems Engineering at Disney, responsible for modernizing media production infrastructure, architecting solutions, and defining the strategic vision for technological frameworks. Focuses on hardware and software technologies for content acquisition, production, and distribution across linear, digital, and streaming platforms. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II Software Engineer II role focused on building and operating cloud-based platforms for Disney's media and streaming products. The role involves developing scalable systems, enhancing platform capabilities, and improving system performance, reliability, and deployment workflows using cloud-native technologies and automation. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer - ESPN Content Enhancements Senior Software Engineer role at Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, focusing on Content Enhancements. The role involves designing, developing, and maintaining software systems for live broadcast content automation, collaborating with various teams, and contributing to architectural discussions. Experience with C#, Node.js, React, SQL, HTML, and CSS is required. The position emphasizes building scalable solutions and mentoring junior engineers. While the role mentions leveraging AI tools and frameworks as a preferred qualification, the core responsibilities are centered around traditional software engineering for broadcast technology. | — | 0 |
| Systems Architect The Solutions Architect for Disney Viewer Experience (VX) is responsible for designing and governing enterprise‑grade architectures that support the Disney+ and Hulu contact centers. This role will provide support for both Assisted Service and Self-Service teams, focusing on platforms like Salesforce, NICE systems, Baymax+, Snowflake, Tableau, and Sprout Social, ensuring they operate cohesively within Disney’s broader technology ecosystem. The architect partners with product, engineering, operations, and business teams to deliver scalable, secure, and highly integrated solutions that elevate customer service, marketing, analytics, and immersive experience capabilities. | — | 0 |
| Lead Technical Project Mgr Lead Technical Project Manager role at Disney Experiences Technology, focusing on managing large-scale strategic programs for software development and infrastructure. Responsibilities include cross-team collaboration, risk mitigation, documentation, budget management, and leading junior project managers. Requires 7+ years of experience with technical understanding of cloud, APIs, databases, SDLC, and Agile/DevOps practices. | — | 0 |
| Manager, Strategy The Manager, Strategy role within Disney's Direct to Consumer team focuses on driving profitable growth and innovation for streaming businesses like Hulu and Disney+. Responsibilities include leading strategic projects, collaborating with senior executives, analyzing market trends, identifying new business opportunities, and creating business plans and long-range financial plans. The role requires experience in management consulting, investment banking, or corporate strategy, strong analytical and financial modeling skills, and familiarity with large organizations. Experience in media, technology, and consumer products is preferred. | — | 0 |
| Storyboard Artist This role involves creating storyboards for animated films using 3D computer graphics, focusing on visual storytelling, composition, camera angles, and editing. The artist will work closely with directors and writers to translate scripts into visual sequences within a 3D environment. | — | 0 |
| Sr Software Engineer This role is for a Sr. Software Engineer focused on designing, building, and operating real-time, event-driven systems on AWS using Java. The engineer will work with edge devices, cloud infrastructure, and data processing pipelines, ensuring scalability, cost efficiency, observability, and fault tolerance. Responsibilities include leading technical decisions, mentoring junior developers, and owning critical platform components. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software Engineer Lead Software Engineer for Disney Experiences (DXT) Connected Products team, focusing on real-time, event-driven systems processing data from edge devices. Responsibilities include designing, building, and operating backend services and streaming pipelines using Java and Apache Flink on AWS, leading end-to-end delivery, and driving technical decisions. Requires strong experience in distributed systems, cross-team leadership, and real-time data pipelines. | — | 0 |
| Basic X-Ray Machine Operator - Medical Assistant (BXMO - MA) This role involves performing basic general x-rays under physician supervision, maintaining x-ray equipment, and handling the imaging process from acquisition to result routing. It also includes general medical assistant duties such as preparing patients, assisting with exams and procedures, performing phlebotomy and EKGs, fulfilling medication orders, patient education, and administrative tasks like scheduling and answering phones within an occupational health clinic setting. | — | 0 |
| Lead Tech Project Mgr Lead Technical Project Manager responsible for delivering complex software development projects across multiple disciplines and geographies, managing digital projects for web and mobile applications, and ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery. | — | 0 |
| KFSN News Photographer Seeking an experienced News Photographer for KFSN-TV/ABC30 to gather high-quality content for newscasts. Responsibilities include shooting and editing video, setting up live shots, and collaborating with reporters or working independently. Requires at least 1 year of experience in photojournalism with live transmission technologies and proficiency in broadcast equipment and editing software. | — | 0 |
| Lead Data Platform Engineer Lead Data Platform Engineer responsible for designing and developing enterprise data platform solutions, including a Finance Data Layer data lakehouse, and leading development teams. Focuses on scalable data solutions, ETL/ELT pipelines, and establishing data standards. | — | 0 |
| KABC Weekend Reporter/Fill-In Anchor Seeking a Weekend Reporter/Fill-in Anchor for ABC7 Los Angeles to enhance news delivery across all platforms. Responsibilities include reporting, anchoring, live breaking news, social media engagement, and creating content for various media channels. Requires strong journalism, storytelling, and live reporting skills, with flexibility and ability to work under pressure. | — | 0 |
| Manager, Corporate Development Manager role in Corporate Development at Disney, focusing on evaluating and executing M&A, joint ventures, and divestitures. The team advises executive leadership on inorganic growth opportunities globally. The role involves extensive interaction with senior management, project leadership, and developing quantitative/qualitative problem-solving skills within the media and entertainment industry. Requires an MBA and strong finance, modeling, and valuation skills. Preferred experience in investment banking, private equity, or corporate development in media/entertainment. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer for Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, focusing on building tools for the digital supply chain within the Frontend Web and Experience team. Responsibilities include creating shared libraries, implementing business logic, code review, and technical leadership, using test-driven and agile development practices. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer - MySQL Senior Software Engineer role focused on building and maintaining highly available relational database systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL) across multiple cloud environments. Responsibilities include designing, deploying, and ensuring 24/7 availability of database infrastructure, leveraging automation and software development principles for modernization, performance tuning, and operational efficiency. Requires experience with cloud platforms (AWS), infrastructure as code, and programming languages like Python, Java, or Go. | — | 0 |
| Lead Network Engineer Lead Network Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting purpose-built networks, serving as the technical leader for the network engineering and operations team. This role involves peer approvals, technical guidance, mentorship, Tier 3 escalation support, and partnering with stakeholders to ideate and implement innovative technology solutions. | — | 0 |
| Senior Manager, Network Product Engineering & Operations Senior Manager, Network Product Engineering & Operations at Disney, leading teams to engineer and deliver high-performance network solutions for media, broadcast, studio, and production operations. This role emphasizes a product mindset for network services, integrating technical expertise with business value, and advancing the use of NetDevOps, automation, and AI/ML. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer - AWS /Cloud Account Management Senior Software Engineer focused on AWS cloud account management, security, and automation. The role involves designing, building, and supporting tools for secure, compliant, self-service operations in AWS, and providing guidance to development teams on cloud architecture and deployment. Experience with Python, databases, APIs, Terraform, CI/CD tools, and AWS security/IAM is required. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software Engineer Lead Software Engineer role focused on driving technical strategy, design decisions, and reducing technical debt for complex web-based solutions, including SPAs, Electron apps, and microservices. Responsibilities include ensuring best practices in CI/CD, automated testing, and deployment, mentoring engineering teams, collaborating cross-functionally, championing observability and reliability, influencing the technology roadmap, and driving innovation for existing and new software solutions. Requires 8+ years of software engineering experience, 2+ years in technical leadership, expertise in cloud-native architectures (AWS), RDBMS, Node.js, C#/.NET Core, RESTful APIs, serverless architecture, and DevOps practices. | — | 0 |
| Sr Product Manager Sr. Product Manager for Disney Experiences Technology, focusing on strategic growth initiatives for Disney Cruise Line. This role involves defining product vision, strategy, and roadmaps, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and leading vendor and internal teams to deliver digital solutions that enhance guest and crew experiences. The position requires translating insights into actionable deliverables and staying informed on technology trends. | — | 0 |
| Senior Communications Engineer The Senior Communications Engineer role at Disney focuses on the physical infrastructure of telecommunications and network systems, including cabling, telecom rooms, power, and HVAC. This role involves designing, documenting, and implementing network facilities to meet business requirements, collaborating with internal teams and external suppliers, and ensuring adherence to standards and security policies. It is not directly involved in AI/ML model development or deployment. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software Engineer Lead Software Engineer at Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, focusing on architecting and delivering scalable systems for the music supply chain. The role involves hands-on technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and collaborating across teams to transform business requirements into innovative solutions for music metadata, sales, finance, accounting, and royalties. Requires strong experience in C#, .NET, Java, Spring Boot, and event-driven architectures. | — | 0 |
| Senior Analyst, Domestic Subscriber Planning This role focuses on subscriber planning and forecasting for Disney+ and Hulu, involving financial modeling, KPI analysis, and strategic recommendations to drive subscriber growth and retention. It requires strong analytical and financial modeling skills, experience with large datasets, and collaboration with various stakeholders. | — | 0 |
| Sr Salesforce Developer This role is for a Sr. Salesforce Developer on the Viewer Experience (VX) team at Disney DTC. The developer will support the Salesforce platform through development, product implementation, and delivering high-quality solutions. Responsibilities include building and maintaining the technology platform, facilitating business requirement discussions, working with partners to deliver backlog requests, and staying updated on Salesforce trends. The role requires deep expertise in Apex, SOQL/SOSL, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and Salesforce APIs, with a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 6+ years of Salesforce development experience. | — | 0 |
| Staff Data Operations Engineer Staff Data Operations Engineer responsible for day-to-day management and oversight of technologies and services supporting data and analytic platforms across the enterprise, focusing on data integration, data warehouse, data lakes, and analytics & reporting on cloud-based and on-prem platforms. The role involves solution support, vendor management, and engineering support, including investigating production issues, recommending enhancements, managing vendors, designing and implementing technology solutions, and ensuring operational excellence. | — | 0 |
| Senior Manager, Production Supplier Partnerships – Project Hire (Disney Entertainment Television) Senior Manager, Production Supplier Partnerships for Disney Entertainment Television, focusing on developing and executing a supplier strategy to ensure equitable access to bidding opportunities on productions, aligning with company values and tax credit requirements. This role involves stakeholder management, capability building, and data-driven insights to foster robust vendor partnerships. | — | 0 |
| Sr Data Engineer Seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Product Performance Team within the Data Organization at Disney Entertainment and ESPN. This role focuses on designing, building, and testing core algorithms and data models for reliable data solutions that measure product performance (browse, playback attribution, search) for Disney+. Responsibilities include developing batch and stream processing data solutions using Scala and Python with frameworks like Spark, establishing data quality and governance standards, evolving data models, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. | — | 0 |
| Effects Technical Director (Project Hire) - ILM San Francisco This role is for an Effects Technical Director responsible for creating FX animation, procedural and dynamic simulations, particle and fluid systems for feature film visual effects. The role involves lighting, rendering, compositing, pipeline scripting, writing plug-ins, debugging simulations, and setting up shaders. Proficiency in software like Houdini, Maya, or 3DS Max, along with scripting in Python and C++, is required. | — | 0 |
| Sr Principal Site Reliability Engineer Sr Principal Site Reliability Engineer for Disney's Media Engineering team, focusing on ensuring 99.999% incident-free uptime for content distribution platforms. Responsibilities include driving platform stability, developing instrumentation and alerting, managing redundancy and resiliency, leading incident response, partnering with various teams, and driving automation for releases and efficiency. Requires extensive engineering leadership experience, knowledge of large-scale distributed platforms, and experience with media streaming technologies. | — | 0 |
| Sr Content Security Engineer This role focuses on application and infrastructure security for content protection within The Walt Disney Studios. It involves leading security reviews, conducting assessments, investigating incidents, integrating secure-by-design principles, and developing automation for security checks. The role requires a strong background in cybersecurity, application/cloud security, and the ability to partner with engineering and production teams to protect creative content. Experience in media & entertainment security use cases is also mentioned. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer to develop and maintain a cross-platform JavaScript player for Disney Streaming services (Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+), optimizing performance and collaborating with other teams. Requires strong JavaScript, web technologies, and streaming experience. | — | 0 |
| Photo Editor (National Geographic) Seeking a Photo Editor for National Geographic to research, curate, and edit visual content for digital stories and print/digital features. Requires strong photography eye, digital-first mindset, creative visual storytelling ability, knowledge of photographers, industry relationships, and understanding of production/art direction. Responsibilities include commissioning photographers, photo research, asset retrieval, managing releases, captions, metadata, and pitching visual story ideas. Experience with CMS, Adobe products, Photo Mechanic, and social media platforms is necessary. | — | 0 |
| KGO Producer Producer for a local news station's streaming newscast, responsible for editorial content from concept to execution, including story development, writing, editing, graphics, and production flow. Requires strong control room experience, ability to work in fast-paced live environments, and expert judgment during breaking news. | — | 0 |
| Analyst, DTC Strategy This role is focused on driving profitable growth and innovation within Disney's Direct to Consumer (DTC) streaming businesses (Disney+ and Hulu). The Analyst will collaborate with stakeholders to provide market intelligence, identify opportunities, and develop actionable strategies and business plans. Responsibilities include building financial models, analyzing data for business insights, conducting market research, and creating executive presentations. | — | 0 |
| Sr Analyst, DTC Strategy This role is focused on Direct to Consumer (DTC) strategy for streaming businesses like Disney+ and Hulu. The primary responsibilities involve developing growth strategies, assessing opportunities, benchmarking trends, and creating executive presentations. The role requires strong financial modeling, data analysis, and communication skills, with experience in investment banking, consulting, or corporate strategy. It is not directly involved in AI/ML development. | — | 0 |